CRINCUM
CRINCUM, noun A cramp; a contraction; a turn or bend; a whim. [A vulgar word.]
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CRINGE
CRINGE, verb transitive [G.] Properly, to shrink; to contract; to draw together; a popular use of the word. [Vulgarly, scringe.]You see him cringe his face.CRINGE, verb intransi...
CRINGER
CRINGER, noun One who cringes, or bows and flatters with servility.
CRINGING
CRINGING, participle present tense Shrinking; bowing servilely.
CRINGLE
CRINGLE, noun [See Crank and Cringe.]1. A withe for fastening a gate. [Local.]2. In marine language, a hole in the boltrope of a sail, formed by intertwisting the division of a ...
CRINIGEROUS
CRINIGEROUS, adjective [Latin, hear, to wear.] Hairy; overgrown with hair.
CRINITE
CRINITE, adjective [Latin, hair.] Having the appearance of a tuft of hair.
CRINKLE
CRINKLE, verb intransitive To turn or wind; to bend; to wrinkle; to run in and out in little or short bends or turns; as, the lightning crinkles.CRINKLE, verb transitive To form...
CRINOSE
CRINOSE, adjective Hairy. [See Crinite.] [Little used.]
CRINOSITY
CRINOSITY, noun Hairiness. [Little used.]
CRIPPLE
CRIPPLE, noun [G.] A lame person; primarily, one who creeps, halts or limps; one who has lost, or never enjoyed the use of his limbs. Acts 14:8.The word may signify one who is p...
CRIPPLED
CRIPPLED, participle passive Lamed; rendered impotent in the limbs; disabled.
CRIPPLENESS
CRIPPLENESS, noun Lameness.
CRIPPLING
CRIPPLING, participle present tense Laming; depriving of the use of the limbs; disabling.
CRISIS
CRISIS, nounplural [Gr. Latin, to separate, to determine, to decide. See Crime.]1. In medical science, the change of a disease which indicates its event; that change which indic...
CRISP
CRISP, adjective [Latin G. See the Verb.]1. Curled; formed into curls or ringlets.2. Indented; winding; as crisp channels.3. Brittle; friable; easily broken or crumbled.CRISP, v...
CRISPATION
CRISPATION, noun The act of curling, or state of being curled.
CRISPATURE
CRISPATURE, noun A curling; the state of being curled.
CRISPED
CRISPED, participle passive Curled; twisted; frizzled.
CRISPING
CRISPING, participle present tense Curling; frizzling.
CRISPING-PIN
CRISPING-PIN, noun A curling iron.
CRISPNESS
CRISPNESS, noun A state of being curled; also, brittleness.
CRISPY
CRISPY, adjective1. Curled; formed into ringlets; as crispy locks.2. Brittle; dried so as to break short; as a crispy cake.
CRISTATE
CRISTATE, CRISTATED, adjective [Latin, a crest.] In botany, crested; tufted; having an appendage like a crest or tuft, as some anthers and flowers.
CRISTATED
CRISTATE, CRISTATED adjective [Latin, a crest.] In botany, crested; tufted; having an appendage like a crest or tuft, as some anthers and flowers.
CRITERION
CRITERION, nounplural [Gr., to judge. See Crime.] A standard of judging; any established law, rule, principle or fact, by which facts, propositions and opinions are compared, in...
CRITHOMANCY
CRITHOMANCY, noun [Gr., barley, and divination.] A kind of divination by means of the dough of cakes, and the meal strewed over the victims, in ancient sacrifices.